12 pages : 33 cm

The old Russian tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful, who is thrown into the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga by her wicked stepmother and escapes by performing all the tasks she is assigned with the help of a tiny magical wooden doll given to her by her dying mother

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Text from A.N. Afanasʹev's: Narodnye russkie skazki

"Dozvoleno t︠s︡enzuroi︠u︡, S.-Peterburg, 3 Dekabri︠a︡ 1902 g."--Title page verso

Text within ornamental border; illuminated initials; head- and tail-pieces; ill. dated variously 1899-1900

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